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Portland Gay Men’s Chorus unites in protest after Kennedy Center cancels Pride performance

Queer choruses across the country are speaking out against the Kennedy Center’s decision to cancel its Pride show featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington.

Feb. 15, 2025

When Mark McCrary first participated in a gay men’s chorus, he cried.

He came out as gay later in life. The chorus offered him a safe space to perform, in a way few places had. 

“For the first time, it was a sense of community,” McCrary said. “I was safe — which lends itself to being a better singer.”

He now works as the executive director for the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus.

FILE - Members of the Portland Gay Men's Chorus sing loud for the cheering crowd at Portland's Pride Parade on July 16, 2023. The group is one of the latest speaking out against the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' recent decision to cancel a Pride show featuring the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington.

Caden Perry / OPB

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently canceled a Pride event that included the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington performing with the National Symphony Orchestra. The cancellation spurred backlash from LGBTQ+ choruses across the country. The center’s board unanimously appointed Trump as the chair of the national cultural center for the United States.

In a statement, National Symphony Orchestra Director Jean Davidson denied that the decision to postpone the performance stemmed from its LGBTQ+ content, and that it was “due to financial and scheduling factors.”

But gay men’s choruses are sounding the alarm, including in Portland. McCrary said news of the cancellation came as a shock.

“The optics of all this just look very bad,” he said. “We’re beginning to see a trend toward silencing the queer community.”

Related: Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing

McCrary said he talks regularly with other choir executive directors, many of whom have started to worry for the safety of their members. Some performances have been picketed by protesters, and some performers have received death threats. The personal safety of their choruses is something they’ve only had to plan for within the past couple of months, he said.

LGBTQ+ choruses — serving gay, lesbian, and trans people, and more — have been a fixture in queer culture since appearing in the late 1970s. At that time, they were very politically active, organizing against widespread discrimination and for increased treatment of HIV/AIDS, said Braeden Ayres, artistic director of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus.

“It gave us a literal voice,” Ayres said. “I think it’s more important than ever that we speak out against these injustices.”

Related: As Trump takes over leadership at Kennedy Center, some protest through dance

He said he believes many choruses will become more politically vocal in the coming years, as the visibility of LGBTQ+ people becomes a wider issue.

FILE - Gay Men's Chorus during a parade for Portland Pride in 1988. LGBTQ+ choruses have been a fixture in queer culture since appearing in the late 1970s. 

Courtesy of the Greg Pitts Collection

The concert had been in the work for months, but McCrary said it’s taken on new meaning, given the political climate.

“The sense of solidarity now is so much more pronounced because of the things going on, even in the state of Oregon,” McCrary said. “It seems to be terribly prescient.”

Much of the concert has already been planned, but organizers are discussing ways to visually represent the solidarity at the heart of the performance.

Correction: A previous version of this story gave the wrong date for the concert on March 30. OPB regrets the error.

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ALSO, HEADS UP OREGON BUDS. portland show was previously sold out but we have trotted to a larger seating area to accommodate more buckaroos so there are now a few more tickets left. AS I KEEP SAYING if you want to go do not wait they have been selling out

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The Hotel Zags - Portland, OR

The Hotel Zags | 515 SW Clay St, Portland, OR 97201 | 1-855-523-6914 WELCOME TO THE HOTEL ZAGS — YOUR PORTAL TO PORTLAND  The Hotel Zags is situated in downtown Portland’s Business district, one of the city’s most vibrant neighborhoods. We’re truly close to everywhere you want to be — from delicious dining to hip shopping hot spots to cultural attractions. Most are within walking distance, but…

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Thank you to Mr. @theehorsepusssy for turning his Tumblr post into a zine which I asked him about last year and finally got around to posting.

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ROLL CALL FOR PORTLAND. lets trot oregon, come see chuck tingle live at the clinton street theater thanks to ALWAYS HERE BOOKSTORE. AND this show features special guest buckaroo TJ KLUNE. get tickets while you can

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An autumn-atic change of seasons.

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who is asking the portland polycule about political stances

It would've been more poetic if it had been just a few inches to the side.

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m y o w n p r i v a t e i d a h o, 1991 🎬 dir. gus van sant 'Portland'

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tonight i found out that the woman in my irl writing group who clocked that devin is trans several months back actually has an adult trans daughter of her own! and i got way too excited about it. me out here flapping like omg omg omg did you know i love trans women and being gay So Fucking Much. (as if..... this wasn't obvious already.)

anyway writing group knows i'm a she/they now.

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We wanted to do something fun for Pride Month 2023 while we work on new songs, so we recorded a cover of Electric Six's "Gay Bar" for your listening enjoyment. Check it out!